As if herping in the moldavian steppe wasn`t hard enough, this summer`s trip had to be done in a serious drought, with scorching midday temperatures, lakes dissapearing and the like...
But as you all know, herping in adverse conditions is better than no herping at all of course, so we went out anyway and enjoyed the local critters.
We also kept an eye out for birds and although we recorded around eighty species, no real rarities were seen. The endangered Pallid Harrier was a sweet find though.
Apart from a couple of fast or skittish Sand, Balkan Wall Lizards and Fire-bellied Toads we also ran into Grass Snakes, Green Toads, Marsh Frogs and Eastern Green Lizards.
I`ll leave you for now with two cute yet unidentified yellow spiders and if anything pops up till Saturday when we leave Moldavia i will post it here for sure.
Thanks for reading.
Cheers!